Re: date type field test

Hi,
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but I've noticed that if you try 
do
a *MDY MOVE where you are moving an L-date field into a 6-numeric field, I get 
an
error saying the 6-numeric date is not big enough to hold the field.  But, if I
make sure that the 6 numeric is packed and not zoned, it works fine.

Is this the way it is supposed to work?

I thought this might contribute to this discussion.

Thanks,
Christina Gonzalez

Art Tostaine; Jr. wrote:

> boothm@ibm.net wrote:
>
> > >>> "I guess I have to move this date to an alpha or numeric field first,
> > >then do TEST(D)." <<
> >
> > >Right now I think that's the obvious solution.
> >
> > I wonder if it is the appropriate decision though.
> >
> > Is it possible that the real issue is the EDI program that will receive
> > that "20" date, or in a few hundred days, a "00" date and therefore be all
> > messed up?  Is this the sort of Y2K problem that Glenn woories about?
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Booth Martin
> > ---------------------------------------------------
>
> I am dealing with this problem in two places right now.  One is the as/400 has
> L-type date fields, but we must print MM/DD/YY on report, and the move to *MDY
> date fails.  This will not change for 2000, we will still show two digit year.
>
> Other is EDI transaction 945, version ANSI 3060, date is in MDY format, and
> another field has YYYY.
>
> --
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> Creative Computer Associates, Inc.
> Parlin, NJ
> atostaine_at_crecomp_dot_com
>
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